REVIEW: A Sockful of Custard (Pleasance Theatre) ★★★
Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was a complex genius driven by a mania forever on the edge of collapsing into darkness. On the centenary of the comedy legend’s birth, this new two-hander by Chris Larner and Jeremy Stockwell follows the same tense line. A Sockful of Custard is an affecting, warm, heartfelt tribute, at times uncomfortable, edgy […]
WEST END BARES moves to the Shaftesbury Theatre for 2018’s fundraiser
After two years of sold-out performances at the Novello Theatre, WEST END BARES, theatre’s hottest annual fundraiser will bare more than ever before as it moves to the Shaftesbury Theatre on Sunday 28 October at 7pm and 9.30pm in aid of the Make A Difference Trust with tickets on sale NOW. Last year’s sold-out performances, […]
REVIEW: SOAP (Underbelly festival) ★★★
Sudsy puns abound in the previous round of reviews for SOAP – a bathtub-based cabaret show taking place as part of the Southbank’s Underbelly festival. Apparently it’s already ‘made a splash’ internationally, and it is brought to the capital in its current guise by the German ensemble Base Berlin. The cast is prodigiously talented – […]
INTERVIEW: Ruthie Henshall chats about cake and Chicago
Ruthie Henshall is one of the UK’s most loved theatre actresses. She has played both Roxie and Velma in Chicago over the past 20 years both in the West End and on Broadway. She has now returned to the London production for the 20th anniversary to play Mama Morton. I sat down with her backstage […]
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set to close in the West End and tour in 2019 + cast recording!
Mel Brooks’ musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – based on the Oscar-nominated film, ends its year- long residency at the Garrick Theatre on 25 August before embarking on a major UK National Tour from September 2019. An Original West End Cast Recording of the production is also set for release in July this year. Young Frankenstein is […]
INTERVIEW: Jack Bence and Sarah Hanly talk about ONE MINUTE at the Barn Theatre
A child goes missing, vanishes into thin air, leaving a tender, fragmentary play about the inarticulacy of grief. One Minute follows several connected characters through their struggles with Daisy Schults’s disappearance. I caught up with Jack Bence and Sarah Hanly to find out more about the show… For those who may not know the show […]
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New cast announced for the London production of WICKED
WICKED has today confirmed that Alice Fearn (Elphaba), Sophie Evans (Glinda), Melanie La Barrie (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Jack Lansbury (Boq), Laura Pick (Standby for Elphaba) and Carina Gillespie & Maria Coyne (Standby for Glinda) will all continue in their current roles for another year. Joining them, from 23 July 2018, will be the […]
REVIEW: MAYFLY (Orange Tree Theatre) ★★★★
Whilst back in London last week, I went along to the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond (a lovely theatre I’d not been to before) to check out West End Wilma Award Winner Evelyn Hoskins in a new play by Joe White, Mayfly. It’s a tale we can all relate to, grief. I spent the majority […]
REVIEW: MATILDA (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
Fresh from the award winning and sell out run in the West End, Tim Minchin’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale is a wonderful family treat guaranteed to leave everyone wishing they too were 5 again. Produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company, the story about a little girl’s discovery of her super powers and the […]
